What does "acrid" mean?
Acrid: Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
Additional senses
- 2.Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing. Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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